Sprinkler/Detector Info

Sprinkler/Detector Info

A 16-page booklet focusing on the fire and life safety protection offered by automatic sprinklers and smoke detectors is being offered free of charge by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The booklet, “An Ounce of Prevention,” contains information and illustrations on U.S. fire deaths, their causes and new developments in fire safety technology. Write FEMA/U.S. Fire Administration, P.O. Box 8181, Washington, D. C. 20024.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.